Fantasia - Animated feature film, released on November 13, 1940 and one of the most highly regarded of all Disney classics. "Fantasia" set out to visually represent music in a way that would appeal to audiences. In the process, Walt engaged in long conversations with Leopold Stokowski about the way music appeared to him. 'The Sorcerer's Apprentice' segment from Fantasia was described by Walt in just three sentences, according to author John Culhane: "The thought is this: Mickey is an apprentice wanting the power of the Sorcerer to do his work. Then when that happens and he has that power, then he dreams of his great power. But when he awakens and finds what the broom has done and he hasn't the power to stop the broom, we find Mickey having to resort to an axe to try to stop the dream's work."
